Answering Howard's Blog - Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - "From the fanciful ideas category ..."
>Wouldn't it be nice if I could just plop the following into the middle of my form? <span jwcid="@edit:EditObject" object="ognl:pojo"/> The Cognition Framework Edit component basically works just like that, i.e.: <span jwcid="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" persistent="ognl:new com.thelabllc.product.orm.model.Product()" /> Form fields are wrappered Tapestry components called EditTypes. We cover the basics - text, radio button, propertyselection, etc. For any new field you can just create a new EditType (EditTypes are Hivemind contributions). For example, if you have a composite field of three textboxes that needs to be validated in a particular way, (i.e. US phone number) you create a 'Phone' EditType and then this can be reused within any Edit component easily. As more people contribute, this has the power to be a very comprehensive list of EditTypes available for any form. >And, of course, some set of annotations to define the validation of those properties. We do this via XML at this time, using Validators and Translators, with editable defaults put in for most datatypes. We will have more annotation support for items like this in the future. The advantage that the XML provides is that your configuration is not tied to your code; you can potentially have Nth number of variations on how you'd like to display your field in a form. >Maybe even so carefully named Block components to provide row overrides? Done, you can override form items with a Block. >I think this logic would kick ass when building prototypes. Time to take names. ;) http://www.thelabllc.com ........................................ Steve Motola [EMAIL PROTECTED] (310) 422-5521 The Lab, LLC http://www.thelabllc.com Content is for intended recipient only. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
